Surely pretty soon everything will be in 64 bit? It is a pain, this transition period, but "going forward" (ughhh, management speak) having only 32 bit machine will lead to increasingly greater incompatibilities? I have got a 64 bit W7 laptop and apart for nitty gritty programming stuff (like that bonkers WoW64 directory) the 64 bit nature has been inconspicuous.
2010/1/3 David Mitchell <[email protected]>: > I found that most of the games I had ran fine on Vista32, but would not run on > Win7_64. Just about all of the non-game software I had ran fine on both. I > installed both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions of VirtualDub on Win7_64 and > found > that the compression codecs that were available were different on each > version. > I finally used the 32 bit version because of the codec and filter options > that > were not supported in the 64 bit version. > > I have used the WIN7Pro Windows XP Mode VM to support an old 32 bit program I > depend on (Ecco). Ecco would not work on Win7_64. I also used it to support > an > ancient USB Canon scanner that had no 64 bit drivers. Both worked fine in > the VM. > > -- > David Mitchell > > On 1/2/2010 19:34, Björn Helgason wrote: >> I guess I begin to update some of the Linux machines to 64 bit >> gradually and see if I might possibly switch other operating systems >> to VMware running under Linux. >> >> I have one Vista machine I got cheap and it is actually the best >> Windows machine I have had. >> >> Mind you I only use it (small handy laptop) for internet because none >> of my old XP applications (outside of J that is) run on it. >> So I do need to keep a few old XP machines for old games etc. >> >> 2010/1/2 Michael Dykman<[email protected]>: >>> Here in Toronto, it has been a couple of years since one could even >>> source a 32-bit x86, if shopping for new. While I jumped on the >>> 64-bit operating systems for server work, as a user of linux on my >>> personal desktop, I hesitated on installing the 64-bit builds for my >>> own computer until the multimedia codecs caught up, but I stopped >>> worrying about that a couple of years ago. >>> >>> - michael dykman >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 12:37 PM, DIETER ENSSLEN<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> definitely 64 bit, no other logical choice >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> - michael dykman >>> - [email protected] >>> >>> May the Source be with you. >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm -- "There is a 75 per cent chance that Al Gore, during the summer months, could be completely fact-free within five to seven years.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-5XwlcBqF0&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8O-E_GN0Kg&feature=player_embedded Climate Scientists predicted UK snowfall thing of the past 10 years ago: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/snowfalls-are-now-just-a-thing-of-the-past-724017.html Yet here we are, covered in snow! Say no to fascism! Say no to the Carbon tax! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
